Improved hog-tamer



Km. MTDLITHVOGRAPHER WASHINGTON. 41C,A

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE Gr. PELTON, OF LYONS, IOWA.

IMPROVED HoG-TAMEP..

Speeilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 47,329. dated April 1S, 1865.

which- Figure lisa perspective view. Fig. 2 is a plan ot' barbed wire to insert in the nose ot' the hog. Fig. 3 shows the wire inserted in nose orsnout.

a a ce a2 representjaws, open B, a bulb'or projection to gage the implement to the nose; c, steel spring (slotted) to hold wire mi in its place while adjusting the implement to the nose; I), a steel spring to keep the jaws open 5 J, a slot in jaw a2 to receive the wire m when jaw is closed; K, a groeve in jaw a to receive the wire m m, a wire placed in slot n of spring c, ready for use g n, a slot in spring c to bold wire 1n,- H H, handles of jaws; S S, barbs on wire to prevent it from working out.

To enable others to use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation, as follows:

The jaws a a c a2 and handles are of eastiron and riveted together like an ordinary pair of pinchers. The barbed wire m. is of steel or iron, and bent as indicated in drawing, with the ends sharpened, with barbs eut as shown.`

The spring c is of steel, and fastened b v being tted to the jaw, and fasten with rivet-` P. The sp1-ing D is also of steel, and fastens with two rivets to handle H.

In order to use the machine, insert the wire into the slot n in spring c, letting it rest in groove K of jaw a then gra-sp the handlesin the right hand, so as to bring'the projection or gage B on the under side; then place the jaws on the top of the nose ofthe hog, so that the gage B will rest against the nose, and the snout or rooter project. up between the spring c and slotted jaw a2 then by closing the handles Il H the wire/m, is forced through the rooter or snout,`as shown in Fig. 3 4then by drawing the machine away the wire 'in `slips out through the grooves n and J, and remains in the snout or nose ot' thehog, thereby preventing him from rooting.

What i claim as my invention, and desire to secure-byLetters Patent, is-

'lh'e slotted spring c, the slotted jaw a2, the .grooved jaw a, with its gage B, and the barbed wire m, of steel or iron, all for the purposes as above set forth.

THEODORE G. IELTUN.

Witnesses WM. W/SANBoRN, JAMEs BREWER. 

